4.2 High Level Structure

4.2 High Level Structure

At the highest level, the FunnelWeb parser parses the input file

(token list) into a sequence of text scraps, macro definitions,

Tutorial

and typesetter directives.

Developer

input_file = { text | macro | directive }

All three of these kinds of components contribute to the

Reference

documentation file, but only macro definitions contribute to the

1 Introduction

product files. If all the free text and directives were removed

2 Interface

from a FunnelWeb input file, the product files would not be

3 Scanner

affected.

4 Parser

5 Analyser

6 Tangle

7 Weave

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Copyright   Ross N. Williams 1992,1999. All rights

8 Shell

reserved.

9 Commands

10 Glossary

11 References

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